Nikesh
Kumar
Kumar
Product Designer
Experience
Newman Insight Marketing
Remote
Graphic Designer (Internship)
May 2024 - Aug 2024
Developed a complete brand identity and interactive invoice tool, cutting client invoicing time by 80% while delivering polished, stakeholder-approved designs
Quicken Simplifi
Ann Arbor, MI
Consultant (as a part of course SI 622)
Jan 2024 – Apr 2024
Conducted in-depth user research and usability tests to identify pain points, delivering recommendations that improved information flow by 60% and enhanced software intuitiveness
University of Waterloo
Remote
Web Designer (Internship)
Jun 2021 - Sep 2021
Designed and built an intuitive platform for Haptic Researchers using MERN and AWS, featured in a WHC 2021 paper for its innovation and technical excellence
Education
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Masters in HCI/UX (MSI)
Aug 2023 - May 2025
Manipal Institute of Technology
Karnataka, India
Bachelors in Information Technology with minors in Big Data
Jul 2018 - Jul 2022
Skills
Design & Research
UI/UX Design, Interaction Design, Visual Design, Wireframing, Microcopy, Typography, Sketching, UX Research, User Personas, Affinity Mapping, Comparative Analysis, Contextual Inquiry, Usability Testing, Concept Testing
Prototyping
Figma, Miro, Glyph, Google Suite, Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop/InDesign, Blender, AutoCAD, Embedded Systems (C++), Web Development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Next, React, Express, WordPress), App Development (Java), Software Development (Python, C++), AR/VR (C#), Database Management
Leadership
Her Campus at Manipal
Co-Design & Social Media Lead for Her Campus Manipal
creating +25k engagement, growing followers to 1k and managing a team of 25